The best Juan Orol’s movies

Juan Orol

Juan Orol

04/08/1897- 26/05/1988
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Organización criminal

Organización criminal
A summit meeting of rival gangs, one predominantly Italian and the other a mix of Polish, Irish, and Italian mobsters, fails to resolve their differences, and gang war breaks out.

El sindicato del crimen

El sindicato del crimen
A hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".

Plazos traicioneros

Plazos traicioneros
A down in his luck film director falls in love with an attractive waitress and decides to launch her as a big singing star. Once the goal is reached, the girl runs away and becomes involved with a gangster who leads her into prostitution.

El infierno de los pobres

El infierno de los pobres
5.4/10
A young woman becomes pregnant but when his boyfriend leaves her she gets a job as a prostitute in order to provide for her child.

Eterna mártir

Eterna mártir
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/10/1937
  • Character: Narrator
A dedicated wife and mother takes the blame for embezzling money that was actually stolen by her husband in order to buy medicine and a doctor's care for the couple's seriously ill infant son. Consequently, the well-meaning woman is willingly sentenced to years in prison for a crime she did not commit-all because she believes her son will fare better if the bond between father and son remains intact. Upon her release, she soon discovers that no good deed goes unpunished. Her once loving husband has remarried a woman that her son calls Mother, After just a brief glimpse of her loved ones, she simply leaves without saying a word. Many years later, she becomes a patient at her son's busy medical practice just so that she can keep an eye on his progress in secret. In a cruel twist of fate, it is only after he diagnoses her as being terminally ill does does she reveal her true identity. The poor woman subsequently learns that her former father-in-law lied about her initial release from ...

El fantástico mundo de los hippies

El fantástico mundo de los hippies
The head of the FBI explains that hippies were good, but that they have degenerated due to psychedelic painting, drugs, and becoming addicted to free love. Secret Agent Frank investigates Sandy, whose daughter has disappeared, apparently because of hippies.

Hombres sin alma

Hombres sin alma
Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things impossible for them.

Perdición de mujeres

Perdición de mujeres
3.3/10
Small town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd.

Adriana del Rio, actriz

Adriana del Rio, actriz
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/10/1979

Ni modo... así somos

Ni modo... así somos
4.5/10
  • Release: 03/09/1981
Sketch-comedy collection, heavy on the 'sketchy'.

Cabaret Shanghai

Cabaret Shanghai
Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.

Bajo la influencia del miedo

Bajo la influencia del miedo
3.1/10
  • Release: 09/08/1956
Gang leader sets one of his flunkies up to take the fall for a certain job; after he does his jail time, the guy goes gunning for the people who set him up. Also some stuff about fixed boxing matches.

Siboney

Siboney
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/10/1940
  • Character: Gastón de Montero
In 1868, while the Cuban War of Independence develops, Gaston de Montero, a noble Spanish knight, rescues a young girl named Siboney and he helps her to become a successful dancer. Over time, she discovers that she is the daughter of a prominent aristocrat.

Contrabandistas del Caribe

Contrabandistas del Caribe
A crime organization that deals with drug trafficking discovers that more and more drugs keep disappearing. Joe Luciana, a man who is respected for his good deeds, appears to be responsible.

Bajo el manto de la noche

Bajo el manto de la noche
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 24/10/1962
  • Character: Jack
The vedette Miriam ignores her pretender Carlos because her daughter Margot, whom she passes as her sister, is in love with him.

México de noche

México de noche
5.5/10
  • Release: 12/06/1975
Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.

Los misterios del hampa

Los misterios del hampa
6.6/10
  • Release: 26/10/1945
Man on death row narrates the story of his life from childhood up through the criminal activities he's being executed for.

Historia de un gángster

Historia de un gángster
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 01/01/1968
  • Character: Tony Florino
Sequel to Juan Orol's "Organización criminal". After 6 years in prison, gangster Tony Florino is released from custody. He repeatedly makes it clear he didn't snitch in exchange for a reduced sentence, but was given time off for good behavior.

Gángsters contra charros

Gángsters contra charros
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/01/1947
  • Character: Johnny Carmenta
Gangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has control over the city, but their rivalry gets worse when rumba dancer Rosa befriends both men.

El derecho y el deber

El derecho y el deber
  • Release: 07/05/1937
Officer comes home from the Revolution to discover that he's been declared dead and that his wife has remarried and given his lands to another man.

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